Table 3 Analysis of soil bacterial community alpha diversity at the 0–20 cm and 20–40 cm soil depths.

From: Long-term effects of straw return and straw-derived biochar amendment on bacterial communities in soil aggregates

Soil depth (cm)

Alpha diversity indices

Macroaggregate

Microaggregate

Silt + clay

CK

CF

CS

CB

CK

CF

CS

CB

CK

CF

CS

CB

0–20

Chao1

4383a

4337a

4242a

4510a

4110b

4280ab

4275ab

4415a

4102b

4173ab

4143b

4476a

Shannon

6.493b

6.636ab

6.422b

7.013a

6.630a

6.682a

6.618a

6.828a

6.561ab

6.359b

6.443b

6.948a

Simpson

0.990ab

0.992ab

0.990b

0.996a

0.992b

0.994ab

0.993ab

0.996a

0.991a

0.983a

0.991a

0.995a

Simpsoneven

0.039b

0.041b

0.035b

0.083a

0.042b

0.055ab

0.045b

0.078a

0.043b

0.030b

0.037b

0.092a

20–40

Chao1

3460a

4333a

3883a

4393a

3914a

4210a

3767a

4226a

3730a

3970a

3535a

4215a

Shannon

6.106a

6.446a

6.066a

6.646a

6.360a

6.647a

5.884a

6.709a

6.186a

6.465a

5.964a

6.552a

Simpson

0.984ab

0.989ab

0.982b

0.995a

0.986a

0.994a

0.936a

0.996a

0.983a

0.992a

0.973a

0.994a

Simpsoneven

0.025b

0.034b

0.026b

0.069a

0.029b

0.053ab

0.064a

0.069a

0.035ab

0.060ab

0.022b

0.069a

  1. The values indicate the average data for each index (n = 3). Different letters shown after the values indicate significant differences (ANOVA, p < 0.05).